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J. E. FIN NEGAN AND P. I. MCCARTHY.

CASKET.

APPLICATION FILED II'LAYQ. I919 Patented Jilly 22, 1919.

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THE COLUMBIA I'LANUGIMIH co., WASHINGTON, I) c UNITED;

JOHN E. FINNEGAN AND PATRICK J'. ,MoCARTI-IY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODEISLAND.

oasis-m To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN E. F IN- NEGAN and PATRICK J. MCCARTHY,citizens of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Caskets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incaskets, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a casketwhich has an exterior shell of thin metal and a wood or similarinterior, the wood acting to brace and reinforce the thin metal shell,and being applied thereto sub sequent to the formation of the shell.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel manner ofsecuring the wood filler within the shell, and to also provide a lid orcover formed in a manner generally similar to the formation of the bodyof the casket.

Further and other objects will later appear and be manifested in thecourse of the following description.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of a casket formed accordingto the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken through the body of the casket, and

Fig. i is a similar view of the top or lid.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, an exteriorshell 1 is formed by use of suitable dies or rolls, the shell so formedbeing an integral or one- 7 piece structure, and having the molding 2,

3, extending along the sides and ends thereof, the molding being hollowand opening into the shell interior. -The upper side of the shell isoriginally formed as in dicated' in dotted lines at 4, in Fig. 3,whereupon the filler pieces 5 and 6 are first insorted in the moldingfrom the shell interior so as to lie flush with the inner side faces ofthe sides and ends of the body 1, following which the side and endboards or wood filler pieces 7 are inserted and the bottom filler boardor piece 8 also applied. These Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 9, 1919. Serial No; 295,971.

boards or pieces 7 will abut and retain the molding filler pieces 5 and6, in position, the bottom board acting to hold the side filler piecesin their spread or spaced relation. The portion 4 of the thin metalshell is next bent over and downwardly so as to engage on the top facesof the filler pieces 6 of the molding, and on top of the upper edges ofthe filler pieces 77 and in engagement with the inner side faces ,of thefiller pieces 7-7 being preferably inset or countersunk in the latter asshown at 9 in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The edge portion 4 when bent intoi by engagment with one another and with the shell as Fig. 3illustrates.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is- 1. In a casket, a thin metal shell formed withupper and lower outwardly extending hollow moldings along'the sides andends thereof, the moldings opening into the shell interior, fillerpieces in the hollow moldings arranged flush with the inner side facesof the sides and ends of the shell, filler boards engaged with saidfiller pieces and disposed along the ends and sides of the shell, and afiller board in the bottom of the shell engaged with the filler boards,the upper edges of the shell being inturned and countersunk in the innerfaces of the filler boards of the ends and sides.

2. In a casket, a metal shell having moldings formed along its top andbottom, filler pieces in the moldings, filler pieces for the ends andsides of the shell engaged with thefiller pieces of the moldings, and abotnames to this specification in the presence tom filler piece'forholding the side and end of two subscribing Witnesses.

filler pieces in position, the top of the shell JOHN E. FINNEGAN. Abeing bent inwardly to overlie the top filler PATRICK J. MQCARTHY. 5pieces of the moldings and the top edges Witnesses: t of theside and endfiller pieces. ADA E. HAGERTY, In testimony whereof We have signed ourJ. A. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe commissioner'of l'a'tents, Washington, D. 0.

